Octave Osteopathy

23/09/2025

Roath Road Car Park Charges

Dear Valued Patient, Unfortunately the time has come where North Somerset Council are introducing car parking charges to our currently free Roath Road car park We are led to believe this will come into effect from Wednesday 1st October 2025 We completely understand and share your likely frustrations...

17/09/2025

You may have seen the US open recently stating tennis is the “world’s healthiest sport” and whilst it’s a big claim… there is quite a lot of scientific backing! Two large studies (BJoSM 2016 & MCP 2018) found racket sport players had a 56% reduced chance of cardiovascular disease-related death and an amazing 10 year overall increase in life expectancy. Let’s list some reasons it’s so fab as a sport 🎾

- Mix of sprinting and recovery periods are brilliant for cardiovascular endurance
- Running, jumping, change in direction, use of upper and lower body muscles all benefit bone health and reduce osteoporosis risk
- Improves agility, balance and coordination
- Quick decision making and planning of shots improves cognitive skills
- If able to play outside has benefit of nature - related stress relief and vitamin D production through sun exposure
- Encourages socialising through matches / doubles play

Have a look at your local options for group or individual lessons or drop in sessions. Even a free YouTube video could teach you a lot of the basics including the rules! A lot of places in the UK have public courts which can be free or cheap to play, so grab a racket and have a knock with your friends 🎾💛

25/08/2025

New Osteopath Alert!✨ we are excited to welcome May to the team from September 4th!

May studied at Swansea University, graduating with a 1st class Master’s degree in Osteopathy. She was inspired by her own positive experiences with osteopathy and was driven to pursue a career in Osteopathy to help others experience its benefits.

Her dissertation explored the use of pelvic floor muscle training as a complement to manual therapy for urinary incontinence. This highlighted the importance of empathetic, individualised care tailored to each patient’s unique circumstances. She is mindful of how health conditions can impact a patient’s overall quality of life.
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Outside of her professional life, May has recently been traveling around South East Asia and Australia and hopes to continue exploring the world in the future. She enjoys creating art, practising Pilates, and spending quality time with her friends and family.

Bookings are available on Thursday mornings to see May at www.octaveosteopathy.co.uk ✨

08/05/2025

Information regarding Portishead High Street closure

Dear Valued Patient, We wanted to alert you that from Monday 12th May - Friday 13th June there will be a closure of Portishead High Street (for cars) for gas maintenance. The closure starts from Victoria Close junction and runs through to Stoke Road junction. This means you will not be able to park....

18/04/2025

We hope you all have a wonderful Easter break however you are celebrating. See you on the 22nd 🦴

Also note some fresh photos from Jack Davies Media - watch this space for more coming soon 📸 and shoutout to for modelling like a pro 😎

28/06/2024

Friendly reminder that we now have a ring doorbell installed in clinic as an additional safety feature 🚪

Please press the button and we will be out shortly to get you for the appointment. If there are any issues we will be able to communicate with you through the doorbell. Thank you for your understanding and see you in clinic soon! ☀️

21/06/2024

🌈 happy pride month 🌈

At Octave Osteopathy we celebrate love, diversity and stand with the LGBTQ+ community ❤️
We want every person regardless of sexuality, gender or race to feel welcome and comfortable when visiting and receiving treatment in our clinic. If there is anything we can do to make you feel more comfortable then we welcome feedback!

Let’s use this month and future months to celebrate the beauty of being yourself ☀️

20/05/2024

Bristol 10k with 💪🏼

Genuinely enjoyed running this race which as someone who always saw running as a way to maintain fitness and never something to look forward to I’m buzzing! I know 10k for some is a warm up distance but for me it is a nice challenge without doing something silly to my body in its current running fitness 😅

Positives from the race:
1) didn’t have to walk EVEN though I knew there were a few hills and I had told myself before I’ll likely walk up them to conserve some energy. Sailed up them and still confused 😂
2) followed training plan (mostly 😅) before which made the whole process SO much better
3) took Runna advice and did the first 5k nice and gentle and then if at the halfway point feel can push it go for a quicker last few km which I definitely did and felt good to do ✅
4) crowd / atmosphere was SO fun, it was super well run plus get a medal and goodie bag ✌🏼
5) Luxe team spirit is fab and made the whole thing again much more fun
6) I saw a few of my patients at the finish line who were all pain free and happy with their runs even though it was touch and go before the race so that was AMAZING 🥹 proud of you all 💪🏼

Runners high has gone now and now time for some gentle body recovery. Speaking of which - my diary is getting very full this week so if you also ran and need a recovery sesh then message me asap ❤️

30/04/2024

just to remind you we are OPEN this coming early may bank holiday (6th) but CLOSED on the 27th 🧡

If you have a day off work and nothing planned then why not treat yourself to some osteopathy or massage 🙏🏼

link in the bio or visit our website to book!

www.octaveosteopathy.co.uk

15/04/2024

That Monday feeling 💆‍♀️💆

Woken up feeling a little achey from the weekend? Have you been hoping your pain is going to fade away but it’s still lingering around? Are you not going full capacity at the gym because you’re scared of re-injuring somewhere?

We deal with these issues day in day out 🤝🏼qualified and highly experienced osteopaths using a range of diagnostic and hands-on treatments with comprehensive rehabilitation plans. Let us help you today 💪🏼

Online booking available through our website www.octaveosteopathy.co.uk
or send us a DM 🧡

17/03/2024

3 years of Octave Osteopathy 🥳💐

This has been our biggest growth year to date - Anna going full time here (no more commuting from London) and a fair amount of reinvestment into the clinics (new signs, training in dry needling, new equipment, new flooring upstairs etc) 🧡

We are so happy to be able to help the community of Portishead & surrounding North Somerset / Bristol areas with their injuries. We have had some really lovely feedback this year and can’t wait to see how many more people we can help moving forwards!

Thank you if you have visited us, recommended us or simply keep up with what we are doing on social media - the support means everything for a small business 🧡

Let’s see what our 4th year brings!🦴